Thursday Crossword — August 15, 1996 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/15/1996. By S. B. Whitten.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Football executive Hunt (5)
- LAMAR
- 6 Across: Proofreader's direction (4)
- STET
- 10 Across: Opposite of "absent" (4)
- HERE
- 14 Across: Run off together (5)
- ELOPE
- 15 Across: Olympic sport discontinued after 1936 (4)
- POLO
- 16 Across: Poles' connector (4)
- AXIS
- 17 Across: Spills (over) (5)
- SLOPS
- 18 Across: Garden site (4)
- EDEN
- 19 Across: Equips (4)
- RIGS
- 20 Across: 1957 Cooper/Hepburn film title, literally (13)
- NOONLOVEINTHE
- 23 Across: Fleet runner (7)
- ADMIRAL
- 25 Across: Circular homes (5)
- NESTS
- 26 Across: Some art (6)
- PRINTS
- 27 Across: Biographical data (5)
- DEEDS
- 30 Across: Fuel that's burned (4)
- PEAT
- 31 Across: Makes livable, as a house (9)
- FURNISHES
- 35 Across: Escape (3)
- LAM
- 36 Across: 1980's invasion site (7)
- GRENADA
- 38 Across: Gnaw at (3)
- EAT
- 39 Across: Settles elsewhere (9)
- EMIGRATES
- 41 Across: Batting backstop (4)
- CAGE
- 42 Across: Bowling alleys (5)
- LANES
- 43 Across: Hold protectively (6)
- CRADLE
- 45 Across: Ditch (5)
- SCRAP
- 48 Across: Aquatic bird (7)
- MOORHEN
- 49 Across: 1951 Grable/Carey film title, literally (13)
- THESHOWMEETME
- 53 Across: Pub round (4)
- ALES
- 54 Across: Way to go (4)
- ROAD
- 55 Across: Former swimsuit cover model (5)
- TIEGS
- 58 Across: Building regulations (4)
- CODE
- 59 Across: "Caro nome," e.g. (4)
- ARIA
- 60 Across: Zhou ___ (5)
- ENLAI
- 61 Across: Jailer's need (4)
- KEYS
- 62 Across: 1994 Jodie Foster film (4)
- NELL
- 63 Across: Musical bars? (5)
- RESTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Article in France-Soir (3)
- LES
- 2 Down: Exclusively (3)
- ALL
- 3 Down: 1941 Ameche/Grable film title, literally (9)
- MOONMIAMI
- 4 Down: Select (7)
- APPOINT
- 5 Down: Vacation destination (6)
- RESORT
- 6 Down: Incantation (5)
- SPELL
- 7 Down: Kind of list (4)
- TODO
- 8 Down: Mountain sign abbr. (4)
- ELEV
- 9 Down: ___ of voice (4)
- TONE
- 10 Down: Bring under control (7)
- HARNESS
- 11 Down: Leaves (5)
- EXITS
- 12 Down: Amendment subject (5)
- RIGHT
- 13 Down: Largest section of a dictionary, usually (5)
- ESSES
- 21 Down: TV's "Emerald Point ___" (3)
- NAS
- 22 Down: Where George Orwell was born (5)
- INDIA
- 23 Down: PowerBook maker (5)
- APPLE
- 24 Down: Fantasize (5)
- DREAM
- 27 Down: Beach terrain (5)
- DUNES
- 28 Down: Times to remember (4)
- ERAS
- 29 Down: Intention (3)
- END
- 31 Down: Entertain grandly (4)
- FETE
- 32 Down: 1979 Heard/Hurt film title, literally (9)
- HEADHEELS
- 33 Down: Boy Scout rank (5)
- EAGLE
- 34 Down: "Skittle Player Outside an Inn" painter (5)
- STEEN
- 36 Down: Place for peaks (5)
- GRAPH
- 37 Down: Competed (3)
- RAN
- 40 Down: Specs (7)
- GLASSES
- 41 Down: Purplish-red (7)
- CARMINE
- 43 Down: Former mile record holder (3)
- COE
- 44 Down: Scoundrel (6)
- ROTTER
- 45 Down: Pancake arrangement (5)
- STACK
- 46 Down: Daphnis's lover, in Greek romance (5)
- CHLOE
- 47 Down: Slender (5)
- REEDY
- 48 Down: Take first, second or third, in the Olympics (5)
- MEDAL
- 50 Down: Mediterranean port (4)
- ORAN
- 51 Down: Exhausted, with "out" (4)
- WORE
- 52 Down: Letters (4)
- 56 Down: Gangster's gun (3)
- GAT
- 57 Down: Family member (3)
- SIS
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